北京市医疗保障局

Beijing issued China's first provincial-level brain-computer interface (BCI) action plan on January 7, 2025, setting every 2027 and 2030 target in terms of companies and platforms rather than output or revenue. The plan calls for three to five unicorns or would-be unicorns by 2027 and around 100 innovative small and medium-sized firms by 2030. On the payment side, Beijing prices invasive BCI implantation at RMB 7,980 per procedure and covers all three BCI service fees under Category A of basic medical insurance, limited to four hospitals.

Eleven Chinese provincial-level jurisdictions had published prices for brain-computer interface medical services. The invasive implantation fee runs from RMB 4,389 at the lowest hospital tier in Sichuan to RMB 7,980 in Beijing (approx. $650 to $1,180 at RMB 6.74 to the dollar, the mid-August 2026 rate), and the non-invasive fitting fee from RMB 643 to 990. Sichuan, Hainan, Qinghai and Xinjiang tier prices by hospital grade, Shanghai leaves the amount to each hospital, and Jiangsu's three figures appear only in a July 2025 draft. Beijing lists all three fees as Class A at four named hospitals; Zhejiang covers the fitting fee as Class B, limited to prosthetic fitting. Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hainan, Qinghai and Xinjiang assign Class C, Shanghai excludes the fees, and Hubei and Guangdong have prices without a coverage decision.